Not A Regressor - Chapter 303

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 303
Sky Mountain Range (9)
It stood roughly three meters tall.
A demonic beast with a form that seemed to blend leopard and bull in an uncanny fusion.
A body as lithe as a feline, yet crowned with crude, mismatched horns.
Swift yet powerful, graceful yet stubborn—each footfall shook the earth beneath it.
“….”
The moment I saw the black demonic beast emerge through the thick mist, I knew instinctively.
‘It’s strong.’
Stronger than any creature I’d faced before.
[My child, my dear child.]
Vega’s anxious voice reached me.
I wanted to reassure her with some hollow bravado, to tell her not to worry.
But before those blood-red eyes gleaming in the darkness, even empty pride felt impossible to muster.
“Hehe! This little one is Behering, meow!”
Felis stood naturally on two legs despite her feline form, arms crossed with casual confidence.
Behemoth approached her side, eyes blazing with malice, body lowered in a posture that screamed readiness to lunge and tear out Kwon O-jin’s throat at any moment.
The appearance was far too menacing to deserve such a cute nickname as ‘Behering.’
I gripped Dantalian, transforming it into spear form, and bit my lip hard.
“Huh? You’re not actually thinking of fighting Behering, are you, meow?”
I’d expected to surrender and become a servant the moment I saw Behemoth’s form, trembling in fear.
I let out a dry laugh and leveled the spear toward Behemoth.
“I already told you. I have no intention of becoming an apostle of a ‘satellite.'”
“….”
At the word ‘satellite,’ Felis’s expression twisted viciously.
She extended her claws sharply and scratched the ground with irritable fury.
“If your scent hadn’t been so appealing, I would’ve just killed you, meow.”
So she had no intention of killing me yet, then.
That was welcome news.
If Behemoth had charged with lethal intent, I wouldn’t have lasted long.
“Behering! Just take off his limbs—you can reattach them later anyway, so go ahead and maul his hands, meow!”
“…You’re really trying to recruit a servant, aren’t you?”
This insane cat hadn’t eaten some fruit that let her reattach severed limbs, yet she spoke as if it were trivial.
“Grrrrrrr.”
Behemoth released a savage growl, eyes fixed on me.
Staring into those blood-red pupils, a chilling dread crawled down my spine.
This wasn’t my first encounter with a ‘Divine Spirit’—a being that inherited part of a Constellation’s soul.
Riak himself was a Divine Spirit just like Behemoth.
In terms of pure Divine Spirit hierarchy, Riak would likely surpass Behemoth.
But.
‘Riak can’t unleash his full power because of the Divine Law’s restrictions.’
In contrast, Behemoth would be able to use all of his power without being bound by the Divine Law.
A Constellation can use the ‘Sacred Domain’ outside the Sanctuary without issue, and a Spirit, which faces far fewer restrictions than a Constellation, couldn’t possibly be unable to unleash their strength.
[I shall bestow a blessing upon you….]
“That’s enough.”
Due to the backlash from granting a blessing not long ago, Vega cannot use her blessings now.
If I forced her to grant one, I might end up bound by chains of light again, just like before.
[B-but!]
“It’s fine. You said you weren’t planning to kill me anyway.”
As long as I don’t die, I can stand back up.
Even if my arms are severed, even if my legs are shattered.
I can still fight.
[W-what nonsense are you spouting!]
“Vega.”
Kwon O-jin flashed a grin and walked toward Behemoth.
“You know me, don’t you?”
Even if some of what you’ve seen was nothing but a con artist’s lies.
That doesn’t mean everything you’ve witnessed of me so far was false.
Kwon O-jin stood before Behemoth, spear in hand.
My legs trembled so violently I could barely stand, just from seeing those fierce crimson eyes burning with rage.
And yet.
Because of that.
“Come.”
There was no thought of retreat.
“Grrrrr!”
Boom!
The earth trembles.
Before I could even hear the sound of the ground splitting, a dull impact slammed into my body.
“Cough!”
What I barely glimpsed was a black wind.
Despite maintaining constant vigilance, I couldn’t possibly track Behemoth’s movements.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
I bounced backward like a skipping stone and tumbled across the ground.
Were my ribs broken from that single strike?
Sharp pain constricted my chest.
“Exceed!”
Ignoring the pain, I forcibly contracted my mana circuits.
The mana flow of my stigma accelerated, granting me explosive power in an instant.
“Grrrrgh!”
Once again, the black wind rushes forward.
‘Lyra Constellation’s hunting hound.’
Lightning spread in all directions, and information flooded into my mind in chaotic torrents.
If movement couldn’t be seen with my eyes, I had no choice but to track it with other senses.
The tremor shaking the ground, the subtle shift of air, the bestial stench drawing closer.
‘Right!’
I lowered my body, rolling across the earth.
I felt an enormous foreleg sweep past just above my waist.
Crackle!
I swung the spear upward from below, channeling the force of explosive lightning into its tip.
Where the spearhead touched Behemoth’s belly, a burst of blue lightning erupted.
“Roooarrgh!”
Behemoth hastily retreated backward.
I hadn’t pierced its belly hide, but I’d succeeded in dealing damage.
Yet there was no time to catch my breath.
Behemoth had retreated only to bare its teeth with a furious expression.
“Grrrrr!”
A black aura enveloped Behemoth’s body.
It lowered its head nearly to the ground, aiming the sharp horn sprouting from its forehead directly at me.
It scraped the earth roughly and charged in a straight line like an enraged bull.
The movement was simple, but the speed was overwhelming.
Rip!
A chunk of flesh was torn from my thigh.
I endured the pain surging from my thigh and fired a wire to bind Behemoth’s horn.
“Ugh!”
My body was lifted by the terrifying force.
With my torn thigh, I executed a lightning stomp while concentrating lightning in both hands.
‘Charge!’
Crackle!
Blue lightning condensed in both my fists.
When six charges had accumulated.
“Discharge!”
Kaboom!
A torrent of blue lightning flowed through the wire.
“Screeeeaahhh!!”
Behemoth thrashed in agony, beginning to rampage.
My body, connected by the wire, was mercilessly slammed into the ground.
Dull pain spread across my entire frame.
“Gah!”
The overwhelming power was beyond even the word “brute.”
If it were merely strong—
Even as it writhed in agony, the creature’s eyes remained fixed on Kwon O-jin with lethal intent, lashing out with a vicious back kick.
Whoosh!
I pivoted on my heel, pushing off against the empty air to barely evade the sweeping strike.
Screeeech!
The wire snapped free as I slid across the ground, creating distance between us.
“Hmm, you certainly have the strength to back up such bold claims.”
Felis, who had been observing the battle between Behemoth and Kwon O-jin, let her eyes sparkle with interest.
Though she had witnessed countless battles, few beings had ever fought Behemoth to such an even standstill.
“But that is all it is.”
Few, yes—but not none. There had been others in the past who managed to match Behemoth’s ferocity.
And every single one of them.
Had become cold corpses crushed beneath Behemoth’s feet.
“Behemoth! Put more strength into it!”
Behemoth glanced back at Felis.
The black beast nodded in acknowledgment, baring its fangs savagely as it launched itself toward Kwon O-jin with renewed fury.
Layers of dark wind collided and converged, building into a colossal tempest that began to sweep forward.
“Gahhh! Krrgh!”
Kwon O-jin groaned under the relentless onslaught of Behemoth’s assault, desperately fighting back with everything he had.
Yet the outcome of the battle was already painfully clear.
[….]
Vega watched Kwon O-jin fly backward, spewing blood, her fists clenched so tightly her nails bit into her palms.
“Hmm, you’re not going to help?”
Felis approached Vega with a taunting smile.
“For someone who boasts of being a Constellation of Polaris, you certainly seem content to just stand there and watch helplessly.”
Felis laughed mockingly at Vega, clearly enjoying her moment of superiority.
Yet even Felis understood the truth of the situation.
As long as the Divine Law’s restrictions remained in place, all Vega could do was observe.
Of course, she could choose to use her power and accept the consequences of violating the Divine Law.
“Was he really that precious to you?”
What mad Constellation would gamble with their own existence just to save a single human?
The responsibilities and duties placed upon the Constellation of Polaris were immense.
The disappearance of a mere “satellite” with faint starlight would be inconsequential, but if Polaris itself were to vanish, the entire Star Palace would descend into chaos.
Though she had never witnessed it firsthand.
The Vega that Felis knew would never make such a choice.
[…No.]
Vega shook her head calmly.
“No to what?”
[This child is precious enough that I would protect him even if my own existence were to be erased.]
“Huh?”
Felis let out a derisive snort, as if dismissing nonsense.
“You do nothing but run your mouth, meow!”
All those Constellations were the same.
They clung to hollow prestige and deceived ears with honeyed words.
Insufferably stubborn old fools.
Felis watched the battle hurtling toward its conclusion, a bitter smirk playing at her lips.
“Grrrrrowl!”
Kwon O-jin’s body bounced backward from the impact of Behemoth’s foreleg.
The accumulated damage to his body had already reached critical levels.
Deep claw marks scarred his chest where ribs were exposed, and his left leg was torn away below the knee.
It was a fatal wound that would be unsurprising if he died on the spot.
“That should be enough, meow!”
Felis stopped Behemoth, judging that any further would mean Kwon O-jin’s death.
Behemoth, who had been opening its jaws to bite off the fallen Kwon O-jin’s arm, suddenly froze.
“Grrr.”
Behemoth smacked its lips regretfully and closed its gaping maw.
Felis looked down at the blood-soaked, fallen Kwon O-jin and grinned wickedly.
“Are you starting to think about becoming my butler now, meow?”
“….”
“What, meow? Did you lose consciousness?”
Felis, her interest waning, turned her head back toward Vega.
“If you don’t want to see your child hurt anymore, you should give up too, meow!”
[….]
Vega silently gazed down at the fallen Kwon O-jin.
“Hmph! Ignoring me again, meow?”
[…Ah.]
Vega let out a short exclamation and nodded.
[So that’s what she meant.]
A faint smile bloomed at her lips.
“…What, meow?”
[You said you took a liking to my child?]
“I chose him as a butler simply because his scent was pleasant, meow.”
[Scent, you say… Hehe.]
Vega covered her mouth and laughed softly.
Felis frowned at her incomprehensible behavior.
“…Why are you laughing, meow?”
[No. I’ve simply come to understand something clearly now.]
Vega turned to face Felis, a cold smirk settling at her lips.
[You truly know nothing about your own child.]
“What do you mean by that, meow?”
Grrrrrowl!
At that moment, Behemoth’s urgent voice rang out.
Felis turned her head toward where Behemoth was.
Kwon O-jin, whom she thought had collapsed unconscious, was now propped up on his upper body with both hands gripping Behemoth’s mouth and horns.
With Behemoth’s head locked in his grasp, Kwon O-jin tilted his head sharply and opened his mouth wide.
“What are you trying to do right now—!”
Felis’s eyes widened in shock.
Before her words could finish.
Crunch!
Kwon O-jin’s teeth sank into Behemoth’s crimson eyes.

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